Last night I think Aj was up about 5 times per hour all night long. One of the drugs irritates the bladder so he was running back and forth. Around 3 am he had a bad head ache too.
But from then on, it has just been getting better and better throughout the day! :) It was like he checked out for 3 days and now he is back again.
Tonight he even grabbed the vacuum and zoomed around. Not sure if he was trying to prove a point to me or himself :).
Well, I give him 100 points regardless!!! Aj sure doesn't look like he has been blasted with chemo for 3 days straight. I went to give him the nausea tablets tonight but he didn't need to take them. I think Aj is one of those people who don't have a 'nausea gene' in his body. Not like me, I get motion sickness from playing Super Mario Galaxy...
I asked him if he remembers ever feeling this bad and he said 'no'. Not that his memory has been his strong side, but I do believe him. ICE chemo was rough on him. He got the second strongest dose you can get. A 5 is the strongest and he got a 4, which the nurse ironically called 'a good healthy dose'. Nothing healthy about that dose AT ALL!
We are lucky, he is strong and has a stubborn mind like no other. He can plow through anything. Plus we have amazing friends and neighbors.
We have the wonderful Petriks living next door. They are the kids you see on the pictures - Isaak, Annie and Julia, they also have Eliah and Kate (little older) but we don't see them that much. Our girls just adore their kids and they are a blessing in the middle of all this.
Tonight we had movie night and watched Wizard of Oz with them, the old school Judy Garland one. They sat like candles the whole movie.
Plus Kelli, their mom, has arranged with neighbors on the street to bring us dinner in the evening during chemo. I feel so spoilt! THANK YOU KELLI it has been a great help!
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